# Bachkot Village, Didihat, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Didihat, Pithoragarh 

# Bachkot

Bachkot is a village in Didihat sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **179 people in 45 households**, the 143rd largest of 363 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 179people (2011)
- 45households
- 80.0%literacy
- 865females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bachkot

Of every 100 households in Bachkot in 2011, 84 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 51 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bachkot · ■ Didihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**50%

Tap water ****94%**

**88%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****51%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****49%**

**69%

Use banking services ****100%**

**86%

Television ****45%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**24%

Own their home ****96%**

**93%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Bachkot?

■ Bachkot · ■ Didihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**1037

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****714**

**793

Working population ****54.2%**

**46.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.9% for men and 64.4% for women. 55% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 19 (20%) · **■** Marginal 51 (53%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Didihat

- Malli Bhaisuri181 people
- Malli Mirthi181 people
- Toli Chufal181 people
- Majhera180 people
- Kanadhar178 people
- Barna Gaon177 people
- Jingal Gaon177 people
- Khetar Bhandari175 people

[All 376 villages in Didihat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/didihat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bachkot?179 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bachkot in?Pithoragarh district (Didihat sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Bachkot?80.0% (Census 2011)